Mining Incidents

SMS Metal/Non-Metal

Superior Materials · Surface
Controlled by Michael Oddonetto
Florence, Pinal County, AZ  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0203430

SMS has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
9
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,509
proposed penalties
$1,159
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $350 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
8
inspections on record
62
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 62 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SMS has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$2K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q2 1,107 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 660 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 2 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 2,114 0 0 0.0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 2,055 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 965 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 380 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 186 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,642 2 0 1218.0
2021 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 3,286 5 0 1521.6

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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